User blog comment:Brigadier Barty/Tavern of the Rusted Claw/@comment-3135907-20150410175241


 * The Hooksail tacked into the wind, sails bellied out under a golden sunset. Fizalra the Hook was following the sun into the West, to Blackraven Isle.
 * Seaclaw sat on the deck, where several other crewmembers were bundled in rough woolen blankets to ward off the cold and rimey evening breeze. An old searat named Saltra began to creak on an off-key viola, and Rancio, a fat stoat, quickly picked up the tune on a flute-clarinet hybrid carved from a walrus tusk.
 * A turbaned old fox corsair named Swodd started to sing in a low, quavery voice. After the first line, the crew began to pick up the verses from memory and started to mumble and hum along to the old pirates' ballad.
 * "See the jetty docks an' the golden galleons
 * All awaitin' for to sail on a tankard o' rum.
 * Come ye street scrapin's we'll make pirates o' ye,
 * Saen seawa', on a flaskin o' rum.
 * Over windswept seas, an' wintry wavescrests
 * The proud ships are sailing, away in the west.
 * Their shrouds are billowing, kipper and white,
 * Saen seawa', away in the West.
 * All wavejacks must answer the Great Ocean's call
 * Rats, weasels, foxes, stoats, an' ferrets- vermin all.
 * Sailing through cold waters, an' stormy grey nights,
 * Saen seawa', ye seavermin all.
 * There's plunder an' riches, just over the foam
 * So over the pounding waves we all must roam.
 * 'Til bright golden glory in the sunset we'll find,
 * Saen seawa', away we must roam.
 * Break out the matches an' blades, let no' a-beast rest
 * 'Til we're all come back from our days in the west."
 * Aye, once we've all found glory, across Ocean's brine,
 * Saen seawa', away in the West."
 * Fizalra stood against the for'ard rail, listening quietly as the fox's voice drifted off. Presently, Seaclaw joined her at the rail while the crew continued their singing and storytelling in the background.
 * The ferret spoke without turning her head, staring out at the bleak waves ahead. "They got Ragfang. They've kilt 'im by now, aye."
 * Seaclaw narrowed his eyes. "May 'ave, Cap'n. But we'll fix 'em fer that, Cap'n!"
 * "Aye. That we will, me bucko, that we will."
 * Saen seawa', away in the West."
 * Fizalra stood against the for'ard rail, listening quietly as the fox's voice drifted off. Presently, Seaclaw joined her at the rail while the crew continued their singing and storytelling in the background.
 * The ferret spoke without turning her head, staring out at the bleak waves ahead. "They got Ragfang. They've kilt 'im by now, aye."
 * Seaclaw narrowed his eyes. "May 'ave, Cap'n. But we'll fix 'em fer that, Cap'n!"
 * "Aye. That we will, me bucko, that we will."
 * "Aye. That we will, me bucko, that we will."